• Tereshchenko v. Karimi

    Publication Date: 2024-05-24
    Practice Area: Family Law | International Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellee: Richard Min, Green Kaminer Min & Rockmore, LLP, New York, NY; Daniel Lipschutz, Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Michael Banuchis, Green Kaminer Min & Rockmore, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellant: Jeremy D. Morley, The International Family Law Office of Jeremy D. Morley, New York, NY, on the brief, Karen R. King, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 24-172-cv

    Circuit Affirms Order Under Hague Convention Placing Children With Father in Third Country

  • Goldberg v. Pace University

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Covid-19 | Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Brett Goldberg: Lee A. Goldberg, on the brief, Morris E. Cohen, Goldberg Cohen LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Pace University: Suzanne M. Messer, on the brief, Johnathan B. Fellows, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 21-1377

    University's 'Emergency Closings' Provision Applied to COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Stolt Tank Containers BV v. NSB Niederelbe Schiffahrtgesellschaft MBH & Co. KG

    Publication Date: 2023-07-11
    Practice Area: Admiralty
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Claimant-Appellant Deltech Corporation: Lawrence K. DeMeo, Brian J. Bosworth, on the brief, Nicholas D. Stellakis, on the brief, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Boston, MA; Timothy J. McDonnell, Joseph J. Perrone, Giuliano McDonnell & Perrone LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Stolt-Nielsen USA, Inc. and Stolt Tank Containers B.V.: James F. Sweeney, Robert A. Novak, Richard W. Stone II, on the brief, John A.V. Nicoletti, on the brief, Nicoletti Horning & Sweeney, New York, NY; Stephen V. Rible, Mendes & Mount LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee BDP International, Inc.: James W. Johnson, Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey, Philadelphia, PA. For Defendants-Appellees Chemtura Europe GmbH, Chemtura Corporation, Chemtura Italy S.R.L., and Rubicon LLC: Joseph L. Clasen, Trevor L. Bradley, on the brief, Peter R. Knight, Robinson & Cole LLP, New York, NY. for Defendants-Appellees Conti 11 Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG MS MSC "Flaminia" and NSB Niederelbe Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.: Timothy Semenoro, on the brief, Eugene J. O'Connor, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.: Jon Werner, Martin R. West II, on the brief, Edward P. Flood, Lyons & Flood, LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 18-2974-cv

    COGSA Strict liability Finding Reversed But Liability on Failure-to-Warn Theory Upheld

  • U.S. v. Chandler

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Kevin Trowel, on the brief, David K. Kessler, for Mark J. Lesko, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jamesa J. Drake, Drake Law, LLC, Auburn, ME.

    Case Number: 18-1841

    354-Month Sentence Upheld; Constitutional Rights Not Breached, Suppression Properly Denied

  • Hansen v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2022-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Paula A. Miller, Paula A. Miller, P.C., Smithtown, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Matthew Miller, Rachel Miller and Stillwell Road, Inc.: Steven Cohn, Alan S. Zigman, Law Office of Steven Cohn, PC, Carle Place, NY, on the brief, Brian J. Isaac, Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Gilbert L. Balanoff and Gilbert L. Balanoff, P.C.: Nicole Feder, L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, L.L.P., Melville, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Douglas M. Lieberman and Markotsis & Lieberman, P.C.: Matthew K. Flanagan, Catalano, Gallardo, & Petropoulos, LLP, Jericho, NY.

    Case Number: 20-3591

    'Rooker-Feldman' Did Not Require Dismissal; Judiciary Law §487 Deceit Claim Stands

  • Firemen's Fund Ins. Co. v. OneBeacon Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-21
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee Fireman's Fund Insurance Company: Steven C. Schwartz, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant OneBeacon Insurance Company: Mitchell S. King, Thomas M. Elcock, on the brief, Adam R. Doherty, Prince Lobel Tye LLP, Boston, MA.

    Case Number: 20-4282

    Allocation of Part of Settlement to Excess Policy Not Against Exhaustion Requirement

  • September 30, 2021 | New York Law Journal

    'Friday the 13th' Writer Wins Bid to Author Rights in 2nd Circuit

    The Second Circuit panel upheld a Connecticut federal judge's decision, which found that Miller had acted as an independent contractor—and not as an employee of the director's production and distribution company—when he began drafting the screenplay in 1979.

    4 minute read

  • September 30, 2021 | The Recorder

    'Friday the 13th' Writer Wins Bid to Author Rights in 2nd Circuit

    Marc Toberoff, the founding partner of Toberoff & Associates in Malibu, California, represented screenplay author Victor Miller.

    4 minute read

  • December 8, 2020 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Panel Asked to Revive Challenge to Cuomo Dining Rules

    The arguments came as officials continue to assess the viability of indoor dining in New York City, and across the state, amid a second wave of the novel coronavirus.

    1 minute read

  • Gatt Communications, Inc. v. PMC Assoc. LLC., 11-1111-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-10-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Carney, C.JJ, and Cedarbaum, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Gatt Communications, Inc.: Karen F. Neuwirth, Law Office of Martin S. Rapaport, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Philip M. Casciano Associates, Inc. DBA PMC Associates, Philip Casciano, Bryan Casciano, and Vesel Ramovic1: Kristin A. Muir, on the brief, Michael J. Hahn, Lowenstein Sandler PC, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Thomas Wineland: Jay P. Lefkowitz, Lauren O. Casazza, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Jay B. Spievack, Kara L. Gorycki, Cohen Tauber Spievack & Wagner P.C., New York, New York, on the brief, Daniel E. Laytin, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois

    Case Number: 11-1111-cv

    Cite as: Gatt Communications, Inc. v. PMC Assoc. LLC., 11-1111-cv, NYLJ 1202625210697, at *1 (2d Cir, Decided February 14, 2013) 11-1111-cv Before